You talk elsewhere about how you don’t want to give up modern medical advancements. An MRI machine, even a really outdated one, has an inherently global supply chain. There is no single area that has all the required materials. You give up energy-efficient freight transport, you give up modern medicine. Our technology is hundreds if not thousands of years away from mitigating that tradeoff.
I don’t think anyone’s arguing that we shouldn’t be doing ecologically-minded architecture or that we shouldn’t strive for energy efficiency. I think the question is whether an arcology is indeed he most efficient and ecologically-minded design. If I end up living under a socialist state who attempts to build them and has engineers and ecologists claiming they’re theoretically sound, I’d be happy to live in one. Maybe this is just more technical a conversation than I’m prepared for and I’m not understanding why. But for right now, I appreciate you sharing this interest and arguing your case.
You talk elsewhere about how you don’t want to give up modern medical advancements. An MRI machine, even a really outdated one, has an inherently global supply chain. There is no single area that has all the required materials. You give up energy-efficient freight transport, you give up modern medicine. Our technology is hundreds if not thousands of years away from mitigating that tradeoff.
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I don’t think anyone’s arguing that we shouldn’t be doing ecologically-minded architecture or that we shouldn’t strive for energy efficiency. I think the question is whether an arcology is indeed he most efficient and ecologically-minded design. If I end up living under a socialist state who attempts to build them and has engineers and ecologists claiming they’re theoretically sound, I’d be happy to live in one. Maybe this is just more technical a conversation than I’m prepared for and I’m not understanding why. But for right now, I appreciate you sharing this interest and arguing your case.